. >> schieffer: what if he should use it? >> again, you get into the kind of, you know, speculation of what might happen. it's something that certainly he could do a lot of damage with. it would require action to prevent that, should he move in that direction. but i honestly haven't seen him move in that direction. we think we have a very good handle on right now. >> schieffer: admiral, what's the endgame here? how long does this go on? how long can we keep this up? where does this go? >> well, i think from a military perspective, the mission is very clear. and it's limited in scope. i can't say exactly how long it's going to... that the military part of this will be in effect. and i think it's for others to determine where this goes long term. i mean, there have been lots of options which have been discussed. but i think it's very uncertain on how this ends. what we're focused on now, though, is a guy who has killed his own civilians ruthlessly in the past, being in a position where that stops. we're focused on supporting th